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Bauu Press Celebrates the Publication of a Book on Sioux Native American Indian Oral Traditions
Director of the Bauu Institute and Press, Dr. Peter N. Jones, celebrates the publication of Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths: Native American Oral Traditions Recorded by Marie L. McLaughlin and Zitkala Sa. - June 25, 2009 - Bauu Institute and Press
Dino-Not-So-Soaring
The largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, reveals a paper published today in the Zoological Society of London’s Journal of Zoology. - June 24, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
From Jack the Ripper to Great White Sharks
What do great white sharks have in common with serial killers? Refined hunting skills, according to a paper published today in the Zoological Society of London’s Journal of Zoology A team of US-based researchers have found that sharks hunt in a highly focused fashion, just like serial... - June 24, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Conserving Threatened Species is Only a Click Away
International targets set for reducing biodiversity loss may still be achieved with the help of a new online conservation tool. The new initiative led by the Zoological Society of London brings together information on the world’s threatened species and demonstrates that we know the least... - June 24, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Software Testing Expert Jerry Weinberg to Speak at the CAST 2009 Software Testing Conference
When it comes to the world of software testing, few names are as widely recognised as that of Jerry Weinberg. The Association for Software Testing is pleased to welcome Mr. Weinberg to the fourth annual Conference of the Association for Software Testing, CAST 2009. - June 21, 2009 - Association for Software Testing
Flamingos Who Won’t Think Pink
Two baby flamingos are causing zookeepers problems at ZSL London Zoo…because they don’t like the colour pink. - June 20, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Libby Sartain Joins I4cp as Executive in Residence
Sartain’s expertise as CHRO at Yahoo! Inc. and Southwest Airlines is now available to i4cp members. - June 18, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Student Discount Being Offered for the CAST 2009 Software Testing Conference
In an effort to introduce students to the world of software testing, the Association for Software Testing is offering them a deep discount to attend the CAST 2009 software testing conference - June 14, 2009 - Association for Software Testing
Japan Today, Japan’s English-Language Site, Selects Weather Decision Technologies’ iMap® Weather Map Solution
Weather application shows core geo-located weather across Japan and in Major world cities. - June 14, 2009 - Weather Decision Technologies
Zoo Night Whipsnade 3rd July 18:30 – 22:00 is What’s on in Bedfordshire in July
Relax and enjoy a summer evening at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo as the sun sets over the Chiltern Hills For one night only ZSl Whipsnade Zoo will open its doors after hours to give you and your friends a Friday night out with a difference. - June 13, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Radio, Video Key to Agricultural Innovation in Africa, New Study
Conventional media, radio and video, are powerful, accessible and relevant forces of agricultural innovation and transformation in Africa unknown to the continent's policy makers, a study published in tuesday issue of the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability reveals. - June 13, 2009 - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Investment in Solar: New High Risk - Lectures, Reports & Services from Enerley.com
Solar Power Investment: Now High Risk. Investments in Solar Projects / Companies like: REC, SolarWorld, SunPower, Suntech BP Solar, Isofoton, Kyocera, Q-Cells, Sanyo, Sharp Solar, Motech, First Solar, Yingli Green Energy are now high risk in a renewed sense of the word. Powerful clean energy technologies emerging. New Energy Technologies disrupt the status quo. New US Governmental program ARPA-E initiates the beginning of the end for solar, wind and biofuel. - "Reports & Services" Enerley.com - June 13, 2009 - Enerley.com
Zoo Night at London Zoo is What’s On in London on 7th August 2009 18:30 - 22:00
Escape and unwind this summer and let ZSL London Zoo entertain you by twilight. For one night only ZSL London Zoo will open its doors after hours to give you and your friends a Friday night out with a difference. - June 13, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
ZSL Marine Conservation Recognises World Oceans Day Celebrations
Despite starting in 1992, this year’s World Oceans Day celebrations were very special, as they the first to be officially recognised by the United Nations. This is a major breakthrough in conserving and protecting the marine environment. - June 13, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
International Speech Communication Association ISCA Elects I2R’s Researcher to Their Board
A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) is proud to announce that Dr. Li Haizhou has been elected as one of the nine new Board Members of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), the largest professional organization in the areas of speech communication, science and technology that has over 1500 international members. Dr Li Haizhou is one of two Asians elected for new term beginning September 2009. - June 13, 2009 - Institute for Infocomm Research
GVI Launches a Full House of Volunteer Options in South Africa
South Africa has always proved to be a popular destination with incredible scenery, stunning wildlife – and now with a wide range of volunteering programs from Global Vision International (GVI) – it now has the options for the conscious traveler. - June 11, 2009 - Global Vision International (GVI)
Oil Outlooks and Opinions is a New Venture in Oil Analysis, Training and Consultation
Oil Outlooks and Opinions will bring a fresh approach to oil analysis. They offer the “talk” above the static. - June 09, 2009 - Oil Outlooks and Opinions
Plan Your Escape from the Economic Climate This Summer with GVI
For those with extended university or summer breaks, or for those looking for that something different, Global Vision International (GVI) has recommended our Top Ten summer volunteering programs from 1 week to 2 months designed to suit any situation. - June 09, 2009 - Global Vision International (GVI)
Companies Still Concerned About Social Networking Risks
i4cp study: Leaking of confidential information and damage to reputation cited as top concerns - June 08, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
WDT Launches NOTUS™ Emergency Alert System
Security Industry Customers Offered Additional Threat Notification Options to Help Keep them Safe. - June 06, 2009 - Weather Decision Technologies
CoreRx, Inc. Expanding Tampa Pharmaceutical Formulation Development Headquarters
Formulation Development firm CoreRx announces new facility which will add capacity, additional capabilities to growing laboratory in order to meet growing customer demands. - June 05, 2009 - CoreRx, Inc.
Questar Enhances Its On-Demand Reporting
Decision-makers can now more easily use their Employee Survey results to gain valuable strategic insights. Questar's Organizational Insights Group (OIG) is excited to announce this new on-demand analytic reporting capability, as the newest member of Questar’s suite of survey system tools. This improvement allows users to interactively slice and dice data in an almost unlimited number of ways in real time in order to get specific information very quickly. - June 03, 2009 - Questar Data Systems
RayBiotech Now Offers Nearly 500 ELISA Kits
RayBiotech, the Protein Array Pioneer Company, has just increased its product line of different ELISA kits to 495, including ones detecting cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, angiogenic factors and adipokines in human, mouse, and rat samples. - June 03, 2009 - RayBiotech, Inc
Bioo Scientific’s Toxicity Assay Kits Increase the Efficiency of Drug Development
Bioo Scientific announced the launch of the MaxDiscovery™ Toxicity Assay Kits for the monitoring of toxic effects in in vivo preclinical studies. - May 31, 2009 - Bioo Scientific
Concepts NREC Team to Deliver Three Papers and Exhibit at ASME Turbo Expo 2009
Presentations, including ASME Turbo Expo 2008 Best Technical Paper Award winner, about turbomachinery performance modeling, radial flow meanline modeling and analysis of heat transfer in automotive turbochargers promise to be valuable. - May 29, 2009 - Concepts NREC
i4cp Launches New Real-Time Customizable Research: Interactive Data
New offering allows companies interactive access to i4cp’s research data. - May 28, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Norwegian Energy Study by Enerley.com as Well as IEA / DOEs ARPA-E Concludes: Revolutionary New Energy Technologies Must be Supported Now
US Department of Energy (DOE) is looking for New Energy Technology projects that “disrupt the status quo.” A revolutionary new $400 million DOE - ARPA-E program might be the beginning of the end of the climate and energy crises. DOE is seeking “out of the box” energy technologies with real power to phase out Coal, Oil, Gas and traditional uneconomical Renewables. New Norwegian Energy Study support the Project presenting Reports & Services on new energy technologies to Companies and Governments. - May 25, 2009 - Enerley.com
ZSL London Zoo | Enjoy a Room with a Zoo…
The world’s most destructive, dangerous and devious animal will be on display in a glass living room at ZSL London Zoo this May half term. For the Whitsun May bank holiday only, a human will occupy a Room with a Zoo. - May 23, 2009 - ZSL London Zoo
Innoget Launches a New Open Innovation Portal
· Web 2.0 linking companies to the scientific community · Awarded by the Barcelona County Council as the best entrepreneur Project in the year 2008 · Red Innovation Center - Vodafone Spain, Grupo Damm, Affinity Petcare, Indo, Fluidra, Bicentury, Oryzon Genomics, the first companies to use it - May 23, 2009 - innoget
Concepts NREC Hosts Annual Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) User Conference
User Group Held in Conjunction with ASME Turbo Expo 2009. - May 20, 2009 - Concepts NREC
IFIS Proud to Announce New Edition of Popular Food Science & Technology Dictionary
Leading food science publisher IFIS (International Food Information Service) announce publication of the new and updated IFIS Dictionary of Food Science & Technology Second Edition. - May 20, 2009 - IFIS
iMap from Weather Decision Technologies Relays World's First Live Broadcast of Geo-referenced Tornadoes Using Google Maps
Streaming videos captured by storm chasers from the field feature dramatic footage. - May 19, 2009 - Weather Decision Technologies
Universal Address Makes Blackberry Maps Work Everywhere
NAC Geographic Products Inc. (www.nacgeo.com) announced that NACMaps (www.nacgeo.com/nacmaps.asp) - a NAC enhancement for Blackberry Maps has been released and available on the Blackberry App World of Research In Motion (RIM), to make Blackberry Maps work everywhere in all its covered geographic areas no matter whether there are no street addresses such as in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and no matter whether there are no standard street addresses in English. - May 19, 2009 - NAC Geographic Products Inc.
More Companies Adopt a Pay-for-Performance Program
i4cp study: Performance management is undergoing a change as companies drop forced-ranking system in favor of alternative methods. - May 18, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Molecular Connections Conferred with "Excellence Award" by the Institute of Economic Studies at the Conference on Economic Development
Molecular Connections Private Ltd. – a pioneering Indian life sciences informatics company conferred with the “Excellence Award” & “Udyog Rattan Award” to its CEO Mr. Jignesh Bhate, by “Institute of Economic Studies” (IES) at the Conference on Economic... - May 17, 2009 - Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
The XTractor Premium Knowledgebase a Dynamic Repository of Refined, Manually Annotated Scientific Facts from PubMed Redefines Biomedical Literature Mining
Molecular Connections is running a limited period Introductory Offer of $450 just for Academic Researchers for its XTractor Premium. - May 15, 2009 - Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd.
Grassroots Tourette Syndrome Awareness Campaign Spreads to the College of New Jersey
“Wednesday is TS Day” at TCNJ. - May 15, 2009 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Concepts NREC Wins Best Technical Paper Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the International Gas Turbine Institute
Award will be presented at ASME Turbo Expo 2009. - May 14, 2009 - Concepts NREC
Bioo Scientific Corp. Receives NIH Grant for the Development of Novel Anti-Viral Therapeutics
Bioo Scientific received a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new anti-viral therapeutics. - May 07, 2009 - Bioo Scientific
Swine Flu Catches Fire - Homeopathy at Rescue
The world is on alert as the flu pandemic fears grow. Doctors are advising people on how to avoid and combat the disease using homeopathy. - May 06, 2009 - Doctor Sulaikha Hamza
Low-Performing Companies Put Too Much Emphasis on Employee Cost Metrics
i4cp study also finds HR metrics track how many people leave, but not those in pivotal roles - May 04, 2009 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Experts Share Product Development and Revenue Generation Best Practices to Help Companies Weather Out the Economic Downturn
As newspapers across North America and the globe continue to flood with stories of economic downturn and businesses fighting to survive, organizations this month are placing a renewed focus on innovation and revenue generation. A poll taken at the 10th Annual Process Excellence Summit that took... - May 03, 2009 - IQPC
Time Has Already Sprung Forward This Year. So Have GVI.
Global Vision International (GVI) are pleased to announce that a number of new programs are now running, including a unique opportunity in Laos, and the chance to change a life for the better in Mombasa, Kenya. - May 02, 2009 - Global Vision International (GVI)
Experience is (Usually) the Name of the Game
"Experience Required"... sound familiar? This needs to longer be the case with Global Vision International (GVI). - May 02, 2009 - Global Vision International (GVI)
Intelligent Medical Objects Announces New Release of IMO® Problem (IT) Includes Diagnostic Terminology and Coding for Swine Flu
Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO®) announces that the latest release of IMO® Problem IT™, that shipped out today on April 28th, 2009, contains terms for swine flu, with the appropriate maps to ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CA and ICD-10-WHO, and SNOMED® CT. Users of all EMR/EHR systems enabled... - May 02, 2009 - Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc
Bioo Scientific Launches In Vivo siRNA Delivery Reagent
Bioo Scientific Developed MaxSuppressor In Vivo RNA-LANCEr II to Optimize in vivo RNAi. - May 01, 2009 - Bioo Scientific
Bioo Scientific Selects Red Bridge Marketing for Marketing Management
Red Bridge Marketing will be managing Bioo Scientific’s marketing and promotional efforts. - April 29, 2009 - Red Bridge Marketing
The Next Dimension in Optics Fabrication
II-VI Infrared, the world leader in CO2 laser optics, unveils the next dimension in diamond-turned optics fabrication: micro-milling and micro-grinding. By incorporating a high-speed tool spindle into a 4-axis diamond turning machine, freeform designs can be machined with the superior figure and... - April 29, 2009 - II-VI Infrared
IQPC Announce 2009 European Process Excellence Award Winners
Following 6 months of applications, short-listing and interviews the winners of IQPC’s Process Excellence Awards for 2009 are revealed. The final judging round took place at the Novotel West in Hammersmith London, as part of the 10th Annual Process Excellence Summit and winners were announced the following day at the annual awards dinner. - April 29, 2009 - IQPC
Survey Puts Forest on Road to Preservation
Teams of volunteers have been taking vital steps towards saving a unique Kenyan forest and its resident population of endangered Colobus monkeys. - April 24, 2009 - Global Vision International (GVI)